Detachable reflector.



0. M. OTTE.

DETACHABLE REFLECTOR!- APPLICATION man OCT- 18. um.

i zfifimagu Patented Jan.29,1918.

ED STATES PATENT o FIoE.

OTHO M. OTTE, 0F JAMESTOWN, YORK.

DETAC-I-IABLE REFLECTOR.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 18, 1917. SerialNo. 197,352.

To alt whom itmay concern:

Be 1t known that I, OTHO M. Own, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residingat the The invention relates to reflectors, and" the object of theimprovement is to provide a slmple and easily attachable and detach- Iable reflector surface for a shaftoflight as,

for example, a pad of white linen or can vasorsome flexible materialwh1ch'has a strong reflecting surface either natural or coated with areflecting material or capable k the car.

of such a polish aswill reflect a shaft of light from areflector lampas, for example,

a spot light on an automobile, the reflector pad. being attached to thelining of the automobile top so that the light is reflected down uponthe occupants of the vehicle, the easily detachable nature of thereflector making it possible to move the same to different parts of saidtop so that the light may be more strongly deflected into certainportions of the vehicle; and the invention consists in the novelfeatures and combinations-hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an automobile withthe people therein and the top brokenaway partially so as to show thereflector attached to the underside of said top and the shaft of lightfrom' a spot light directed onto said reflector to deflect the lightrays upon the occupant of fiector showing the preferred shape and ar-'rangement of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspec-' tive view of the preferredform of the attaching hook, the hook being turned at right angles to theattaching cross-bar; and Fig. 4 is an elevation of a modification of thepreferred form of attaching hook, the hook bein in the same plane withthe cross bar' Fig. 2 is a plan view of said re-' made of flexiblematerial such as white linen, canvas or other bendable material whichcan be "rolled or folded with thetop when in the knock-down positionwithout injury to said reflector. It might, however, be made of thinbendable white opaque celluloid which takes a fine polish and would makea good reflecting surface, or any other bendable material which could bepolished or coated with a reflecting substance.

- The reflector 10 is preferably made in the triangular form shownthough it might be made oblong or round or elliptical in design withoutdeparting from my invention. The triangular form is preferred forflexible fabrics like cloth since each of the three diiferent' sides canbe drawn tight and straight in line eliminating all wrinkles and thereflector surface is flat and smooth.

.- The manner of attachment is very simple.' A plurality of spaced flaps11 are provided in the triangular form one'at each corner is preferred,and in other forms a sufficient number-to hold the fabric or othermaterial flat and straight-as well as attach it firmly to its support.An opening 12 is provided in the material on the folding line of theflap or holdingendll, so that an anchor shaped hook 13 having a crossbar 15 maybe inserted through the hole 12 and be held in position byfolding the flap 11 back over the cross bar 15. Said hook '13 is pref-15', that is, not in the same plane as shown in Fig. 3, though the hook13 may be made as shown in the modified form in Fig. 4 in the same planeandserve a good purpose, a spring snap 14 being provided to hold thehook against withdrawal from the attaching material whether leather orcloth or some other fabric. .The shank 16 extends up through the hole 12and it is apparent that when the flap 11 is attached to the body portionof the reflector- 10 after being folded against the same either bystitching or some other firm attaching'means, the hook 13 at each corneror at spaced portions of the body portion'lOmay be inserted in the supporting material as, for example, the lining of an automobile top andbeinglfstretched" ,rupted reflecting surface on the other side which isthe exposed side of the reflector. It is also obvious that it might beattached in other Ways than the one shown and attain my purpose thoughthe construction would not-be as strong and simple as the one shown.

I c1a1m as new.:-

1. The combination With a vehicle top, of

a reflecting element attached to the-underside of said vehicle top, anda lamp on said vehicle having a projecting reflector to project a lightshaft upon said reflecting element to deflect said light shaft upon theoccupants of said vehicle.

2.. A reflector comprising a piece of fabric having a reflectingsurface, spaced flaps on said piece of fabric to fold and attachthereto, said fabric having a hole in the line of saidfold and a hookhaving an anchor shaped shank to extendthrough said hole and be held bysaid fold. i

1 3JA reflector for lighting the interior of an automobile embodying areflecting elemeshes and upon folding of the top and a spot lighthavingmeans-to attach same to the automobile for projecting light ontosaidelement.

I 4:- A reflector for lighting the interior of an automobile embodying areflecting element, meansto attach said element to the top of anautomobile, and a spot light having means to attach same to theWindshield for directing light upwardly at an angle onto said element.

5. A reflector for lighting the interior of an automobile embodying afabric reflecting element 'of substantially triangular form, and hooksfor securing the element to an automobile top, said hooks havinganchoring means and the apices of the triangularshaped element beingwrapped around said anchoring means of the hook. p

6. Areflector for lighting the interior of an automobile embodying areflecting ele ment, means for attaching said element to the top of anautomobile, and a spot light having means of attachment to theautomobile for projecting light onto said element vwith the raysprojected in paths above the line ofvision of the occupants.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in the presence of tWoWitnesses.- v OTHO M. OTTE.

Witnesses:

PLO. SANDBERG, J. E. NoRDs'rRoM;

